1TOP RATED

click a star to vote

Okay Okay, here we are again, some of you are on the right track but I'll get the message across... It truley is about his dog dying, (he even said so on the taste of chaos in aus interview) BUT also it is just generally about losing a loved one, and how the emotional pain turns to physical, its not ABOUT his dog dying, but a dedication to his dog, it was the insperation, also this song is about dinial after relationships end, "i'll be just fine pretending I'm not" and also it is a stand for whats really "emo" and whats thought to be of the "emo" movement just because it can be soft.... but with all that, the song still probably has more meaning and insperation to it... There's still more than meets the eye;)

2TOP RATED

click a star to vote

I think it's about him losing someone he loved, and he thinks there's nothing left to live for without that person so he got suicidal, and somebody realized, now everyone is around him asking him if he's OK etcetc. and he's saying that all that he got left is the people who won't leave him alone...of course I could be 150% wrong but hey I try :]

3TOP RATED

anonymous

click a star to vote

'So deep that it didn't even bleed' is about mental hurt rather than physical hurt. More often that not when someone says something or does something (not injuring), it will hurt more than when someone kicks you.

click a star to vote

Okay, I am in a similar situation because my cat who is like my child just went missing, so I will try to interpret it in the way that I see it... I have also heard that the whole thing with his dog inspired him to write this song...

"So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me off guard, red handed, now I'm far from lonely. Asleep, I still see you lying next to me. So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me..."

He is talking about emotional pain. It didn't bleed because it went deeper than physical pain. Emotional pain is worse than physical. When you go through something like this, everyone suddenly starts talking to you all of the time and asking you how you are doing, and sharing their experiences with you. You're stuck with people constantly trying to talk to you about it, but you are still lonely because the only one you really want to be around is gone. I think he's either talking about this when he says "I'm far from lonely and it's all that I've got", or maybe he means that he is far PAST lonely. He's not just lonely. It's worse than lonely. When he says "Asleep, I still see you lying next to me", he is obviously talking about the feelings he gets when he tries to sleep alone instead of with his dog like he's used to doing. Everything that you try to do that you used to do with the person/animal that is gone is extremely difficult because they should be there with you.

"I need something else. Would someone please just get me, hit me, knock me out and let me go back to sleep? I can laugh all I want. Inside, I still am empty. So deep that it didn't even bleed and catch me..."

He's depressed and wants his life to be different. He's probably exhausted from all of the sadness and trouble sleeping, and it's easier to sleep than to be awake and have to deal with everything. But, he probably also had a really hard time getting to sleep. I tell people all the time to punch me in the face so I'll get knocked out and will be able to sleep. He's probably trying to act like he's okay, so he laughs when it would be appropriate to do so. And even if he is starting to move on and gives a genuine laugh, he is still empty because of the loss.

"I'll be just fine, pretending I'm not. I'm far from lonely and it's all that I've got."

I'm not even sure how to use punctuation for that line because he could mean so many different things. I've wondered if he could mean "I'll be just fine. Pretending... I'm not." Which would be like him telling people that he'll be fine, but maybe in his mind he is saying that he is just pretending because he's really not okay. Or maybe he is saying "I'll be just fine pretending. I'm not." Which would basically mean the same thing. I don't know why he would pretend that he's not okay when he is. That doesn't make sense. I know some people pretend that they have problems to get attention, but if his dog died, that's a big enough reason to be depressed. He doesn't need to pretend to be upset.

"I guess I remember every glance you shot me. Unharmed, I'm losing weight and some body heat. I squoze so hard, I stopped your heart from beating. So deep that I didn't even scream 'Fuck me'"

I don't think I should need to explain the first line. He says "unharmed" when he obviously is harmed since he's losing weight and body heat. He's either in denial about how unhealthy he got after his dog died, or he's telling someone again that he's fine, when he knows he has lost weight because he's not eating. When he says "I squoze so hard I stopped your heart from beating" I think he feels like it's his fault. He feels like he could have done something different that would have prevented it. If it was hit by a truck like someone else said, maybe he was taking it for a walk or something at the time, and feels like he shouldn't have brought the dog with him because then it wouldn't have been killed. But he brought the dog with him because he loved the dog. So he probably felt like his love for the dog contributed to the death. And no, he does not mean anything sick when he says he didn't even scream "Fuck me." "Fuck me" can be used the same ways as "Fuck" when you yell "Fuck!" after stubbing your toe, for example. I think he means that he was in shock and couldn't say anything and couldn't react. If I was him, I think I would have just completely froze.

anonymous

click a star to vote

anonymous

click a star to vote

It may be about his dog but I will tell you what it means to me (Which goes with the music video).

It's about a journey through life, all the pain and sorrow that comes with the joy and happiness. How I look at it has a lot to do with my life right now. We spend so much time looking for "Him" when we finally find him realize that's the end and all that we got left are the memories of our journey. That's why he chases the man (Himself) and finally finds him but by the time he has he is already old and lonely.

anonymous

click a star to vote

It's obviously, in my mind at least, partly about a hardship that one has endured and how it cut "so deep that I didn't even bleed", which is referring to a more mental state of pain than physical, and the hurt was so intense that you just wanted to have someone "hit me... let me go back to sleep".

click a star to vote

Well I think it may be about his dog or maybe the girl he was with but I don't see how arguing or insulting eachother helps make your point. The only thing I can really interpret it's about emotional pain and the loss of someone animal or human. It seems that he would be one to understand pain considering the woman he loved and the dog he loved both died tragically.

anonymous

click a star to vote

baased on the music video, i think it has some religious meaning. the music video is full of religious symbolism: the ominous, all knowing man with the mustache is god. the guy reading the blank book is sombody who hasn't found god. the man in the black suit who scares the kid is the devil. the man stuffing his face at the table is a sinner (gluttony). the "do not enter sign" represents the forbidden knowledge.